Fisher, deep-sea

Deep-sea fishery workers, as skippers or crew members of fishing vessels, catch deep-sea fish for sale or regular delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organisations or at markets.

• preparing and repairing nets and other fishing equipment;
• navigating fishing vessels to and from deep-sea fishing grounds;
• selecting fishing areas and plotting and calculating courses using compasses, maps, charts and other navigational aids;
• steering vessels and operating navigational instruments and electronic fishing aids;
• directing fishing operations and supervising crew members;
• recording data on the catch, fishing activities, weather and sea conditions in ship's logs;
• casting nets and setting and operating fishing equipment;
• cleaning, freezing, icing or salting the catch at sea or ashore;
• selecting and training ship's crew.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Trawl master
• Fisher, deep-sea waters
• Fisher, crew member, deep-sea waters